Pelicinus madurai, Platnick & Dupérré & Ubick & Fannes, 2012

Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Ubick, Darrell & Fannes, Wouter, 2012, The Goblin Spider Genus Pelicinus (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 1, American Museum Novitates 2012 (3741), pp. 1-44 : 24-25

Pelicinus madurai , new species

Figures 162–172

TYPE: Male holotype taken by sifting at an elevation of 250–350 m at a site 21 km N of Madurai , Alagarkovil , Tamil Nādu, India (Dec. 2, 1972; C. Besucht, I. Löbl), deposited in MHNG (PBI_OON 15601) .

ETYMOLOGY: The specific name is a noun in apposition taken from the type locality.

DIAGNOSIS: Males have weak median ridges on the dorsal portion of the scutopedicel region and stronger but medially interrupted ridges on the ventral portion (fig. 164); the conductor extends beyond the tip of the embolus and has its tip directed proximally (figs. 166–172).

MALE (PBI_OON 15601, figs. 162–172): Total length 1.54. Carapace pale orange, elevated portion of pars cephalica finely reticulate, sides finely reticulate. Sternum pale orange, finely reticulate. Mouthparts pale orange, endites unmodified. Abdomen without dark markings. Scutopedicel region, ventral portion with three ridges at sides, interrupted at middle, dorsal portion with weak ridges at middle. Dorsal scutum pale orange, reticulate, covering most of abdomen length, width. Postepigastric scutum pale orange, covering about ¾ of abdomen length. Conductor extending beyond embolus, tip directed proximally.

FEMALE: Unknown.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: India: Karnataka: Jog Falls , 14°14′N, 74°50′E, Jan. 20–22, 1990 (V., B. Roth, CAS 39753, PBI_OON 35483), 1♂ .

DISTRIBUTION: Southern India (Karnataka and Tamil Nādu) .

Figures

FIGURES 162–179. Pelicinus madurai, new species, male (162–172) and P. lachivala, new species, female (173–179). 162, 173. Habitus, dorsal view. 163. Same, lateral view. 164, 175. Abdomen, anterior view. 165, 176. Sternum, ventral view. 166, 168. Left palp, prolateral view. 167, 170. Same, retrolateral view. 169. Same, ventral view. 171. Left embolus, ventral view. 172. Right embolus, dorsal view. 174. Abdomen, ventral view. 177, 178. Genitalia, ventral view. 179. Same, dorsal view.